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Timothy R. Pauketat is an American archaeologist, director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, the Illinois State Archaeologist, and professor of anthropology and medieval studies at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana...

This is the darkest chapter in Minnesota History. In Mankato, 38 Dakota were hanged in the largest mass execution in United States History. Just under Fort Snelling, over a thousand Dakota were held in a concentration camp where hundreds...

Tanasee Bald viewed from the Courthouse Overlook, North Carolina, October 2016. Photograph by Thomson 200. Tanasee Bald is the mountain said to be the home of the giant Tsul'Kalu, the earth spirit who presided over hunting and hunting rituals...

Life in the British colonies revolved around three classes: the upper class landowners, lawyers, and government officials; middle class farmers and merchants; enslaved Africans and indentured servants. The triangular trade route brought slavery...

The video describes characteristics of the the three main groups of the 13 colonies: New England, Middle and Southern. Students will learn about geography, education, religion, economic systems, social patterns, and treatment and enslavement...

In 2020, it will be 400 years since a group of colonists set sail for America on the ship the Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony there. Today we know these migrants as: the Pilgrims. What many people don’t know, is that the...

North American Black Bear. Calcite Springs Overlook, Yellowstone National Park, 2011.

A 1941 photograph taken from the battleship HMS King George V and showing ships of a North Atlantic convoy during the Second World War (1939-45). Convoys were essential to get vital supplies and weaponry from North America to Britain during...

Common raven of North America (corvus corax principalis) in flight. Photograph taken at Muir Beach in Northern California by Christian O. Petersen, 2008.

This map illustrates the North Africa Campaign of World War II, spanning from 1940 to 1943 - a series of operations and battles for control of the strategic region between the Allied forces (primarily the British Commonwealth) and the Axis...